Introducing the Wings of Hope Chemo Cap!

Goal met for Week 22!  Just took this off my needles and wanted to post the pattern before I get started on my next one.  The next pattern will be going in the Delaware Head Huggers calendar, but I will post a new pattern soon too.

The pattern looked like butterflies to me and Becky suggested Wings of Hope and so it was named.  This was knit with Charisma, a 5-weight yarn on size 10.5 circulars.  If you want to knit it flat just check the previous post for how to adapt the pattern!  :)

I am continuously amazed at how many people I have come across since starting this.  I have met many people who I have been able to send caps to for themselves or their families as well as so many people who have sent hats to me.  This week I received hats from New Jersey,  Louisiana and Florida!  It's a wonderful feeling to know that so many people care.  So far, we have collected and subsequently shipped out 6,832 hats!  Keep them coming in because unfortunately, there is a need for so many more.  

Don't hesitate to contact me if you know a person, treatment center or hospital who could use caps.  If I don't have enough on hand to ship right out, I will add them to my list and get a box to them soon.  

The pattern is free, but I ask that you drop by our Facebook pages for Delaware Head Huggers and for Kozy Kovers for Kids.  Come join us as we make a difference.  Stop by our websites (links are below the pattern) also to see what we're up to, find out how to donate or just learn more about what we do.  And please tell other people about us.  The more people who know about us, the more people we can help! 

Schnapps likes to hear from people too!  :)

 The pattern may also be found on Scribd.com as a PDF and, as always, you can email me at robin@delawareheadhuggers.org and I will email you a copy.  I have sent patterns to people across the US, in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands!  If you are printing this, use print preview to determine the pages you wish to print or copy and paste it into a Word document to ensure that you print only what you want.  Don't hesitate to send me an email letting me know of any person or treatment center in need of caps.  If you are knitting any of my patterns, feel free to let me know how they come out and who you are making them for.  I have met so many wonderful, talented people since I began this organization!

 

 

Wings of Hope Chemo Cap

You Need:

5-weight yarn – I used less than one skein of Charisma

10.5 circular needles

Cast on 61 stitches and join, taking care to not twist stitches

Knit Brim

Row 1:  Knit all stitches

Row 2:  Purl all stitches

Repeat Rows 1 & 2 2 more times for a total of 6 rows

Knit Body of Hat

Row 1:             *P2, K1, P7, K1, P1 *; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 2:               P1, *P1, K1, P7, K1, P2 *; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 3:             *P1, K3, P5, K3*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 4:               P1, *K3, P5, K3, P1*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 5:             *K5, P3, K4*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, K1

Row 6:              K1, *K4, P3, K5*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 7:             *P1, K5, P1, K5*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 8:              P1, *K5, P1, K5, P1*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 9:             *P2, K9, P1*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 10:             P1, *P1, K9, P2*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 11:            *P3, K3, P1, K3, P2*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 12:              P1, *P2, K3, P1, K3, P3*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 13:            *P4, K1, P3, K1, P3*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 14:              P1, *P3, K1, P3, K1, P4*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 15:            *P3, K3, P1, K3, P2*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 16:              P1, *P2, K3, P1, K3, P3*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 17:            *P2, K9, P1*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 18:              P1, *P1, K9, P2*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 19:            *P1, K5, P1, K5*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 20:              P1, *K5, P1, K5, P1*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 21:            *K5, P3, K4*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, K1           

Row 22:             K1, *K4, P3, K5*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Row 23:            *P1, K3, P5, K3*; repeat from * to * to last stitch, P1

Row 24:              P1, *K3, P5, K3, P1*; repeat from * to * to end of row

Decrease Crown:

Row 1:      K2tog, *K8, SSK*; repeat from * to * to last 9 stitches, K7, SSK

Row 2:      *K7, SSK*; repeat from * to * across row

Row 3:      *K6, SSK*; repeat from * to * across row

Row 4:      *K5, SSK*; repeat from * to * across row

Row 5:       *K4, SSK*; repeat from * to * across row

© Robin Celli – May 2012

Remember, all are welcome to join us in some way - we love to see new people and are grateful when more people hear about us.  So, spread the word!  And, as always, if you or anyone you know is in need of chemo caps, please feel free to contact me directly at robin@delawareheadhuggers.org and I will be happy to ship some out.  If there is a chemo center that is near and dear to your heart and you think they could use some hats, let me know and I will ship a box off to them.  This is what we do!!

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